Email Author Abel Folgar

2010 Stories by Abel Folgar

• Elastic Bond's Frequencia Natural EP Closes the Year with a Natural Frequency

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Elastic Bond Frequencia Natural EP (Self-Released) elasticbond.com As time passes, Elastic Bond band leader Andres Ponce is beginning to look like the greatest export the rhino-shaped country of Venez... More >>

• Local Motion: Smoke and Miras' The Line in the Sand Mixtape

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Smoke and Miras The Line in the Sand Mixtape (Self-released)smokeandmiras.com The Smoke and Miras collective has been busy this year bringing some good, conscious South Florida hip-hop to the foregro... More >>

• The U-Boats' Dead and Desperate EP

  published Dec 28, 2010

  The U-Boats Dead and Desperate EP (Crow Records) For years, I've searched for Dead and Desperate. And the only time I ever came across a bona fide copy, I was too broke to claim it as my own when the... More >>

• Bulletproof Tiger's Starving Hearts EP

  published Dec 24, 2010

  To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2010 here. Bulletproof Tiger Starving Hearts EP (Self-Released) It's n... More >>

• Torche's Songs For Singles Makes Good Holiday Jingle

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Torche Songs For Singles (Hydra Head Records) hydrahead.com Admittedly, this eight-song EP came out in September. But I'm boiling down the tardiness of this review as follows: I just bought a copy, i... More >>

• Miami's best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

  published December 23, 2010

  The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco's Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city's music scene is the product... More >>

• Five Questions with Furious Dudes' Matt Scally: Rock 'n' Roll Excess and Christmas Toy Drives

  published Dec 16, 2010

  By now, if you're a dirty rock 'n' roll lover, you should know all about the Furious Dudes, a local band that proudly carries the torch of heavy-hitting, feedback-laden punk rock thrash as originated ... More >>

• Tito Puente Jr.'s Toy Drive for Miami Children's Hospital at the Van Dyke This Saturday

  published Dec 16, 2010

  It is not unusual for the children of musicians to follow in their parents' footsteps. But it's also not unusual for them to try to forge their own artistic path, oftentimes shying away from the legac... More >>

• Rifas Releases Is Here a Sense at Bar 721 Tomorrow

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Rifas Is Here A Sense (Self-released) rifasband.com The last time I encountered the music of Evan Rifas and Ron Huneycutt was well over a decade ago when, under the name Laptripper, the pair put fort... More >>

• Johnny Salton and the Reactions' The Reactions Love You

  published Dec 13, 2010

  The Reactions The Reactions Love You (Reaction Records) While we're all still reeling from Johnny Salton's passing, I have to admit that it has been a real pleasure to revisit the music that the man ... More >>

• Local Motion: Champion Sound's Dirty, Sexy Art Basel Mixtape

  published Dec 08, 2010

  As kitschy and hardcore as I wanna keep my existence, every now and then a little crew comes out of left-field that makes me reexamine myself and my sensibilities. So much is true for the soldiering m... More >>

• Madball Brings a Little NYC Hardcore to the Vagabond This Thursday

  published Dec 07, 2010

  When you think about the second wave of New York City hardcore, there's Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Earth Crisis, and scene daddies Agnostic Front. You could casually dismiss Madball for its rol... More >>

• Magadog's Ska, Soul, and Roots Reggae Mashup

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Magadog Self-titled (Moon Ska Reocrds) myspace.com/magadogtampa It's hard to believe Magadog has been soldiering since 1992. This band (and this album in particular) recall a time in life when going ... More >>

• Coke and the Queen's Kids at the German-American Social Club

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Still reeling from the success of August's Super Open House, Stone Promotions did it again this past Saturday with a varied bill that rocked the house, brought back memories,and emphasized the spirit ... More >>

• Miami Lakes Gets All Jazzed Up for the Seventh-Annual Concert on the Fairway

  published Nov 19, 2010

  I guess we usually forget about Miami Lakes and muddle it with neighboring Hialeah or think of it as that place we must make the Palmetto curve on our way to Joe Robbie Stadium (or whatever the hell i... More >>

• Luis Bofill's "No Me Vuelvo a Enamorar"

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Luis Bofill got his start in Cuba's Nueva Trova movement of the late '70s with the group Cuba Nueva. From there, he would cut a mean rug as an exciting interpreter of standards and for generating an i... More >>

• Five Venezuelan Musical Acts We'd Gladly Deport Kat Stacks For

  published Nov 17, 2010

  Okay, it wasn't until my colleague Esther Park's blog about Ms. Kat Stacks arrest and possible deportation that I learned hip-hop's most hated bitch is Venezuelan. Needless to say, I was disappointed.... More >>

• Elastic Bond's "Frecuencia Natural"

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Elastic Bond returns to our ears with the deliciously danceable "Frecuencia Natural" ("Natural Frequency"). Though sung in Spanish by the always alluring and inviting Sofy Encanto, this track certainl... More >>

• Local Motion: Pool Party's An Almost Nearly Complete Anthology

  published Nov 15, 2010

  Pool Party An Almost Nearly Complete Anthology (Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com In 2008, we saw the much-anticipated release of Pool Party's 25 Pool Party Sensational Hits. And though it was a mu... More >>

• Local Motion: Belaxis Supreme's Get It While It's Hott

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Belaxis Supreme Get It While It's Hott. Brash is Beethoven. Belaxis is Buil. (Self-released) belaxisbuil.com This disc is another exciting incursion by visual artists into the arena of audio art. No... More >>

• Shores' "Meanwhile" Is All Flannel Shirts and Unkempt Beards

  published Nov 03, 2010

  Shores is one of the newer additions to the ever-expanding catalogue over at No Idea Records. Comprised of Brian Przybylski on guitars, vocals and bass, alongside John Massel on drums, this duo's deb... More >>

• Johnny Salton and the Psycho Daisies's Pushin' Up Daisies

  published Nov 03, 2010

  Read the Johnny Salton memorial piece from this week's print edition of New Times. The Psycho Daisies Pushin' Up Daisies (Sublapse Records) psychodaisies.com Arguably more of an EP than an LP, this ... More >>

• Bulletproof Tiger's Kris Huseby Talks Boxed Wine, Groupies, and Handmade CDs

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Kris Huseby is a local musician, chef, syndicated sports columnist, and thong-sandal model. But he's probably better known for having pounded the drums with Fireside Social and currently fronting Bull... More >>

• RIP, Johnny Salton, one of South Florida's greatest guitarists

  published November 4, 2010

  RIP, Johnny Salton, one of South Florida's greatest guitarists More >>

• Five Questions With Joe Basick of the Basicks, Reuniting at Churchill's This Saturday

  published Oct 29, 2010

  I've known Joe (or Joey as he was then) since the salad days of Cheers. Those were fun days that got even funner when we found out he frequented my friend's mother's liquor store in Kendall. For many ... More >>